Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

dong dong dong dong!

The heavenly drums trembled, and the thunder chariots roared.

The thunderous sound of war drums, like heavenly thunder, resounded in all directions, and the evil clouds and malevolent aura that had lingered over Tianbi Mountain for years began to dissipate with the beat of the drums and the flashes of lightning.

As the thunderous sound of war drums reverberated, a vast expanse of dark clouds surged in from around Tianbi Mountain, instantly surrounding its main peak, Zhentian Peak.

"What's going on?!"

Before the demon kings in Zhentian Peak could react, a demon general scrambled in to report: "Your Majesty, outside, there are many troops outside!"

The Crimson Serpent Demon King hurriedly asked, "How many people are there?"

The demon general waved his hands frantically: "There are too many to count! Those people and horses are standing on the clouds, densely packed, impossible to count!"

Standing on the clouds?

countless?
The group of demon kings looked at each other, seemingly realizing something, and hurriedly left Zhentian Peak. Then, these demon kings saw the countless troops that the demon general had mentioned.

A fierce wind howled, thunder roared, and thick, mountain-like dark clouds surged in from all directions, layer upon layer, like towering peaks, completely surrounding Zhentian Peak.

Above the dark clouds were countless celestial soldiers in silver helmets and armor, arranged in formations of tens of thousands, with hundreds of banners fluttering in the strong winds of each formation.

It was evident that the spirit dogs leaped and darted before the army formation like a pack of wolves hunting, while cloud cranes spread their wings and circled in the sky like eagles patrolling. The banners, hundreds of feet high, stood in the army formation, numbering no less than 100,000 at a glance. The banners were like a forest, as if they had been planted all over the clouds, leaving no space.

Tens of millions of heavenly soldiers stood silently in formation, their array as vast as the ocean and as powerful as a raging torrent, seemingly about to engulf the entire Tianbi Mountain. Even the demon kings of the upper three realms couldn't help but show solemn expressions upon seeing such a terrifying military force.

What the demon kings feared most were those endless golden nets that stretched to the sky.

The net stretches from the sun to the underworld, like a web woven from dragon tendons and phoenix feathers. Golden arcs of electricity crackle, and crimson heavenly fire burns incessantly. Golden thunder and crimson fire reflect each other, obscuring the sky and sealing off all directions.

As the golden net descended, layers of magical restrictions manifested between heaven and earth. Gradually, the vital energy within Tianbi Mountain began to thin, and the pressure within became increasingly heavy.

The demon kings were alright, but the demon soldiers and generals were in a panic. They felt that as the golden net covered them, it became extremely difficult to use their supernatural powers or to wield their weapons while wearing armor. When they tried to use their powers, their demonic energy was blocked in their meridians as if it were stuck in quagmire, and the armor on their bodies and the weapons in their hands felt as heavy as if they were carrying mountains.

In the end, even his own little bit of luck was completely worn away. It was as if as long as he was in this mountain range, he would be shrouded in the endless malice of heaven and earth. It was as if Tianbi Mountain had been abandoned by heaven and earth and isolated from the three realms.

Seeing the increasingly wretched state of the demon soldiers and generals around them, and sensing the thin and obscure primordial energy in the world and the ever-deepening layers of restrictions, the expressions of the thirteen demon kings grew increasingly grim.
The Heavenly Net comes with a forbidden technique: Severing the connection between Heaven and Earth!
Looking at the magnificent and imposing army, the Iron-Winged Demon King murmured:

"Yesterday they sent down a heavenly book to persuade us to surrender, and today they have a large army surrounding the mountain. That Heavenly Lord of Justice clearly has no intention of leaving us a way out!"

In an instant, the morale of the thirteen demon kings plummeted.

When Huang Lianyuan, the local deity, arrived with his officials, this was the magnificent scene he witnessed.

The main peak of Tianbi Mountain was surrounded by a tidal wave of dark clouds, and countless heavenly soldiers and generals completely surrounded Zhentian Peak, along with the demon king and demon soldiers within it.

All around were an all-encompassing net that stretched to the heavens and the earth. Within this net, banners fluttered like a forest, spears and halberds stretched like a sea, and thousands upon thousands of spirit dogs galloped and leaped through the clouds like a pack of wolves. Tens of thousands of cloud cranes circled and howled incessantly in the air, while towering celestial puppets, resembling city walls, stood behind the army formation.
Although he had long known that the Heavenly Court was powerful and could suppress all directions, not to mention the minor gods of Huang Lianyuan, even he, the local earth god of Huang Lianyuan, had never seen such a scene before. Tens of millions of heavenly soldiers descended to the mortal realm, hundreds of nets were set up, and there were also celestial puppets, hunting spirit dogs, and monitoring cloud cranes. Such a display of power could only be produced by the Heavenly Court in the entire Three Realms.

"Earth God, you've finally arrived!"

Huang Lianyuan looked up and saw that it was the City God of Wanchuan Prefecture. At this moment, the once dignified and composed City God was extremely frightened, clearly intimidated by the military might.

Upon seeing Huang Lianyuan, the local deity, arrive, the City God of Wanchuan Prefecture breathed a sigh of relief. Huang Lianyuan asked in bewilderment, "Why is the City God so alarmed? We are here to assist you by imperial decree. Whatever the immortal asks us to do, we will do."

The City God of Wanchuan Prefecture said with a wry smile, "If only that were the case. The Heavenly Court has issued an edict ordering us to assist, but since I arrived, I haven't even seen a single celestial being from the Heavenly Court. I am truly filled with apprehension."

As he spoke, the City God of Wanchuan Prefecture whispered a warning: "It is said that the Heavenly Lord of Justice is furious this time. He has not only sent 20 million heavenly soldiers and generals, but also the five gods of wind, thunder, water, fire, and war. He is going to level Tianbi Mountain!"

Twenty million heavenly soldiers!
The Five Gods?!
Huang Lianyuan, who had previously said he would broaden his subordinates' horizons, was also frightened. Was this kind of momentum really going to raze Tianbi Mountain to the ground?!
Soon, Tianyunze Water God and Mangcangchuan Mountain God also arrived one after another. The four gods around Tianbi Mountain, along with a group of minor gods, looked at the countless heavenly soldiers and generals, the majestic celestial puppets, and the enormous war ships as big as mountains. For a moment, they were all at a loss.

Just then, a roar like muffled thunder swept across the sky from Tianbi Mountain, shaking millions of heavenly soldiers to their feet and causing the sea of ​​clouds to surge and churn.

As the heavenly soldiers and generals, who seemed about to stumble and fall, bursts of laughter echoed from Tianbi Mountain.

"Hahaha, that's it?"

"A silver-plated spearhead, the heavenly soldiers and generals of the Heavenly Court are all show and no substance!"

With a deep, thunderous laugh, a fierce god, nine zhang tall, stepped out of Zhentian Peak, looking down on the heavenly soldiers of Yunhai.

Upon seeing this, Huang Lianyuan's heart trembled: "The Heaven-Shaking Demon Lord!"

The Heaven-Shaking Demon Lord?!
Upon hearing the name of the Heavenly Demon Lord, the Mountain God of Mangcangchuan, the Water God of Tianyunze, and the City God of Wanchuanzhou all looked over. There, in front of the main peak of Tianbi Mountain, surrounded by thirteen demon kings, stood a peerless and ferocious god, nine zhang tall, standing proudly.

Its head is adorned with golden horns pointing skyward, and its mouth reveals six jagged white jade teeth.
Eight-lobed gilded battle helmet, clad in beast-faced black iron armor;
Lion-feathered silk ribbons adorned her figure, and she wore iron-clad rhinoceros-head boots.

With a majestic nine-zhang-tall body, its roar resounds throughout Tianbi Mountain.

The master of Tianbi Mountain, the Demon Lord Zhentian, has made his appearance!
With the appearance of this demon lord at the Mahayana realm, not only were the thirteen demon kings inspired, but even the demon soldiers and generals of Tianbi Mountain were as if they had been injected with chicken blood. Under the protection of this demon lord's Mahayana domain, the demon soldiers and generals of Tianbi Mountain were full of energy and fighting spirit, as if they had been reborn.

Seeing that his troops had regained their morale, the Demon Lord Zhentian snorted coldly and looked disdainfully at the net that covered Tianbi Mountain and the millions of heavenly soldiers: "How could such a trivial trick as the Severing of Heaven and Earth's Connection possibly trap me?"

"So what if there are millions of heavenly soldiers? I can swallow them whole in one gulp!"

Having said that, the Demon Lord Zhentian unleashed his Dharma form. Behind him, a ferocious monster with golden horns on its head and six teeth on its mouth opened its massive maw and swallowed the millions of heavenly soldiers in the sky. In an instant, the sky darkened, the sun and moon lost their light, and mountains and rivers seemed to flow backwards into that gigantic maw. Gazing at that enormous mouth, which seemed like a bottomless abyss capable of swallowing the sun, moon, mountains, and rivers, the local earth god of Huanglianyuan, the city god of Wanchuanzhou, the water god of Tianyunze, the mountain god of Mangcangchuan, and the lesser gods from all directions felt their hair stand on end and retreated hastily.

However, despite the churning clouds and surging thunder, the millions of heavenly soldiers remained unmoved, seemingly unaffected by the terrifying appearance of the Heavenly Demon Lord.

But then a heavenly voice boomed: "You dare, you fiend!"

In an instant, dazzling starlight swept down like a celestial waterfall, and thirteen rays of starlight descended from the sky, forcefully knocking back the Dharma form of the Heaven-Shaking Demon Lord.

The gods of the four directions looked on with delight and saw that above the dark clouds, seven stars shone brightly in the north and six stars shone brightly in the south. The seven stars of the Big Dipper and the six stars of the Southern Dipper manifested in broad daylight, and thirteen great stars illuminated the world, covering the northwest of the Southern Continent.

For a time, the entire Southern Continent could see the thirteen dazzling stars in the northwestern sky.

At the same time, Zhongtian Yanzhou, Dongsheng Shenzhou, Xiyu Luzhou, as well as the West Sea and the South Sea, also saw an incomparably bright and enormous star in the sky during the day.

"The sun shines brightly, the Big Dipper is arrayed, and the Southern Dipper is blazing, revealing the signs of war and slaughter."

"Which great deity from Heaven has descended to the mortal realm to vanquish demons?"

Within Zhongtian Yanzhou, the gods were engaged in lively discussion.

The Dragon Palaces in the West Sea and South Sea were in constant communication, and the Dragon Lords were staring at the direction of the Southern Sky Continent, as if recalling some unbearable events.

Meanwhile, on the Eastern Continent, the True Lords from all sides understood the celestial phenomena perfectly. Looking at their bewildered disciples, one True Lord smiled and said, "Disciple, do you see it?"

"When the sun shines brightly, stars appear, the Big Dipper manifests, and the Southern Dipper blazes. These are signs of Heaven's wrath and its wrath. This is the True Lord of the Eastern Heaven vanquishing demons and monsters in the mortal realm."

The young disciple couldn't help but ask longingly, "Master, which True Lord of the Eastern Heaven is this?"

His master stroked his beard and laughed, “I am none other than the current Heavenly Court’s Judicial Lord, the True Lord of Penglai Spirit Abyss in the Eastern Heaven!”

The Heavenly Ruler of Justice, Penglai Spirit Abyss!
The Heavenly Demon Lord, whose Dharma form had been knocked down, naturally knew which great god had orchestrated this spectacle.

Looking up at the Big Dipper and the Southern Dipper, which were directly manifested in the northwest of the Southern Continent, the Demon Lord Zhentian seemed to see the thirteen star lords high in the sky through the heavy clouds.

The Five Star Lords are all at the Integration Realm.

Among them, the Big Dipper and the Southern Dipper are of particular importance, because these thirteen star deities are most needed to cooperate with the Heavenly Court to display its power and quell its anger.

Thirteen great stars, thirteen Heavenly Court Star Lords who had reached the third tribulation stage, combined with the power of the Heavenly Court stars and the might of the four directions' Heavenly Net and Earthly Net, their combined attack was so powerful that the magnificence of the heavens and the power of the stars were enough to knock down his Mahayana Dharma Form!
This was something that Zhen Tian Demon Lord hadn't expected: the Star Lord of the Heavenly Court actually possessed such combat power, and before even reaching the fifth tribulation, he was already able to join forces with him, who was at the Great Ascension Realm?!

Just as the Demon Lord Zhentian was filled with doubt, the wind and thunder in the sky intensified!
It can be seen that thousands of fierce winds howl and sweep across the sky, blue and purple lightning surges through the clouds, and a vast heavenly fire blazes fiercely, while boundless heavy waters engulf the human world.

Wind! Thunder! Fire! Water!
Not only do the thirteen star lords of the Big Dipper and Southern Dipper, representing the Dipper Division of the Heavenly Court, manifest celestial stars, but the four divine lords of the Wind, Thunder, Water, and Fire Divisions among the thirty-six divisions of the Heavenly Court also display their heavenly might.

The Thunder God, clad in a thunder crown and purple robe, roared with thunder drums, unleashing streaks of blue-purple lightning that caused the peaks of Tianbi Mountain to crumble, rocks to shatter, and the heavens and earth to tremble. Before many demon soldiers could react, they were reduced to dust by the thunder. The Wind God, in a green robe and crown, raised a wind flag and waved it. A howling gale swept across Tianbi Mountain, uprooting countless rocks and trees. Amidst the flying sand and stones, countless demon soldiers were blown away, leaving only bones and flesh.

With the combined efforts of the Thunder and Wind deities, the power of wind and thunder swept across the heavens and earth, shaking the universe, causing the demon soldiers and generals in Tianbi Mountain to wail and flee in all directions.

However, at this moment, the gods of the Fire and Water departments also made their move. The god of the Fire department, wearing a red crown and brocade robe, used a fire tablet to urge the heavenly fire to descend. The blazing heavenly fire, amplified by the wind and thunder, became even more ferocious, burning mountains and boiling rocks, engulfing mountain ranges. Demon soldiers and generals who came into contact with it were burned to ashes, and those who got close were roasted into charred corpses. The wind fueled the fire, and the thunder amplified its power. The heavenly thunder and heavenly fire descended in fury, and the force of the thunder and fire transformed the entire Tianbi Mountain into a purgatory.

When the demon generals and soldiers tried to escape Tianbi Mountain, they were met with despair as they discovered that the boundless heavy water had completely surrounded the mountain. Towering waves surged in all directions, and anyone who tried to escape Tianbi Mountain fell into the heavy water and instantly turned into blood mist. Those who tried to avoid the lightning and fire were also slammed against the cliffs by the raging waves, their flesh and bones turning into mud.

In an instant, fierce winds howled above Tianbi Mountain, heavenly lightning struck, and heavenly fire surged into a thunderous inferno. Heavy waters from all directions blocked all exits.
Within that golden net that isolated heaven and earth and sealed off all directions, surrounded by millions of heavenly soldiers, as the four divine lords of wind, thunder, water, and fire took action to seal off the surroundings, before the true lords of the Heavenly Lord of Justice could even make a move, the entire Tianbi Mountain was completely sealed off, and countless demon soldiers and generals inside were killed or wounded.

Under such overwhelming force, the thirteen demon kings were terrified, feeling that their end was near, and the thousands of demon soldiers and generals were in tears and fled in disarray, becoming a defeated army.

Seeing his own army crumble before even clashing with the Heavenly Court, and even the demon kings of the three realms filled with fear, the Thunderous Demon Lord roared in anger, "Ling Yuan!"

"You, the dignified Heavenly Lord of Justice, if you wish to capture me, why don't you show yourself and take action?"

"If you're so capable, then fight me for real!"

The Demon Lord Zhentian roared, raising his massive wolf-tooth spear to break through the blockade of countless heavenly soldiers and the net of heaven and earth.

However, as the Demon Lord Zhentian moved, the Star Lords of the Big Dipper and the Star Lords of the Southern Dipper attacked again. The starlight of the Big Dipper and the starlight of the Southern Dipper merged, and a deadly streak of starlight swept down. It was about to wipe out all the demon soldiers and generals under Zhentian Peak, so the Demon Lord Zhentian had no choice but to block the streak of starlight that was enough to kill thousands.

Immediately afterward, the Crimson Serpent Demon King realized, "We have to help the Demon Lord. The Lingyuan and Heavenly Court have made such a big show of things, clearly to make an example of us. We are the chicken they want to kill. If we don't fight to the death, we will really die here today!"

Upon hearing this, the demon kings reacted and soared into the sky, attempting to scatter the sky-filling army formation and shatter the net of heaven and earth.

Amidst howling winds and thunder, thirteen celestial demons of the upper three realms either revealed their true forms or unleashed their magical treasures, attempting to break through from all directions.

However, as the thirteen demon kings took to the air, the thunderous drumbeats grew even more intense.

Amidst the vast army formations, beneath a forest of banners, thunderous drums roared and horns wailed. As the banners fluttered, celestial soldiers formed ranks and manifested their spiritual forms. In an instant, countless military formations roared from all directions, and each manifested military formation spirit, clad in armor and wielding spears and halberds, slashed at the thirteen great demons.

In an instant, countless spear and halberd beams crisscrossed, forming a dense net that completely surrounded the thirteen demon kings. However, the thirteen demon kings, who had been able to wreak havoc in the Southern Continent for a time, possessed supernatural abilities. These military formation spirits were only at the Dharma Aspect Realm and could not contend with the demon kings at the Upper Three Realms. They were quickly broken through by the demon kings.

As the dozen or so military spirits in front of him were corroded by the poisonous mist, the Crimson Serpent Demon King, who had just broken free from the encirclement of the military spirits, had no time to rejoice before a bolt of lightning struck down on him. In an instant, accompanied by the roar of thunder, a massive pillar of lightning slammed the Crimson Serpent Demon King down to earth.

With a muffled thud, the Crimson Serpent Demon King, who had been knocked down, looked up and saw a tall and imposing True Lord with his hair tied up and his robes open, standing on the clouds, holding a thunder halberd and looking at him coldly: "I am Zhen Lei Zi, the Deputy Chief of the Crimson Heaven Capital of the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace!"

"You fiend, your death is near!" (End of Chapter)